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Dive Against Debris Data Submission

Day2. Gyoam(Gangwon-do)

22 July, 2022

Team Leader
Hyungseok Kim
Number of Participants
13
Total Debris Collected
10 kgs (estimated)

38.304982031419, 128.54836779899

Survey Information

Location Name
Day2. Gyoam(Gangwon-do)
Organization/Dive Centre
Time Space Dive
City
Seoul
Country
South Korea
Date
22 July, 2022
Survey Duration
60 Minutes
GPS Coordinates
Latitude: 38.304982031419
Longitude: 128.54836779899
Weather Conditions
Cloudy
Survey Depth Range
4–6 meters
Area Surveyed
1497.15 m2
Dominant Substrate
sand
Ecosystem
coral reef
Wave Conditions
Calm (glassy to rippled) for waves 0 – 0.1 meter high
plastic materials collected
Bags-grocery/retail (plastic) 2
Fishing: Nets & Pieces Of Nets 1
Plastic Fragments 2
glass materials collected
Glass & Ceramic Fragments 1
Beverage Bottles (glass) 1
metal materials collected
Metal Fragments 2

A trap used for fishing was abandoned in the sea.

Trap

Trap

metal fragments

Bags-grocery/retail (plastic)


Waste nets and waste traps required for fishing activities are becoming a problem. We need a radical solution.

Participants : 1. Kaitlyn Yoon / 11-NOV-2005 / [email protected] 2. Sohyun Kim / 20-FEB-2005 / [email protected] 3. Kiyoon Nam / 17-SEP-2004 / [email protected] 4. Jimin Lee / 10-FEB-2004 / [email protected] 5. Yejun Kim / 30-OCT-2005 / [email protected] 6. Hyunwon Ro / 28-DEC-2007 / [email protected] 7. Jinsung Park / 20-JUL-2007 / [email protected] 8. Chanhyeok Kwak / 28-FEB-2007 / [email protected]

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